[ There's a creeping good feeling that comes from that compliment, gone when the item gets chucked and he goes reaching for it with a noise escaping his throat -- but there's no need for worry, and there, with it in his hands being turned to observe for himself, that chuffed feeling returns.

He looks over his shoulder, spotting the baskets at the corner near the entrance that he thought might exist and backtracks enough to plop the object in and to grab the handles instead, returning back over to Garrus, eye half on the shelf, but a question in mind he wants to ask first before focusing on why they came into the store in the first place. ]

Do you think one more study partner will be okay? There's a girl I know, Annie - she joined the crew the same time as me. We talked about learning English back at the other place. [ He pauses, then, with assurance in his voice, ] I'm sure she'll make a good student too. She recognises the characters already, more than I do.